Description
Poem of the Week Poetry Analysis Unit Reading Comprehension: Are you searching for engaging, easy-to-use ways to teach poetry in your classroom? This packet is designed specifically for upper elementary students and provides a consistent, meaningful way to explore poetry all year long.
Whether you’re prepping for ELA Poetry Reading Test Prep or simply building strong literary analysis skills, this complete unit helps your students dive deeper into poetry while becoming more confident and fluent readers.
With 20+ poems—10 original and 12 traditional from classic poets—this unit gives students exposure to various styles, authors, and poetic techniques. Students will strengthen their understanding of theme, tone, imagery, figurative language, and more with thoughtfully designed activities that are easy to implement.
POEM OF THE WEEK PACKET INCLUDES:
- Print and digital format available (see page 3 for link)
- Teacher notes and tips
- Clickable Table of Contents, and list of poems
- Poetry terms anchor charts for class décor or for student notebooks- color and bw options
- Focus poetry letter pennants
- Four activities to use with any poem.
- Poetry mini flip booklet to use on any poem of the week
20 POEMS & ACTIVITIES:
- 10 Original Written Poems and 10 Traditional Poems by Classic Poets. This is a wonderful way to expose students to different styles of poetry writing.
- The selection of Traditional Poems from Classical Poets are hand selected and curated from the public domain and reflect the poetry currently available. Poets include: Robert Louis Stevenson, Sarah Coleridge, Elizabeth B. Browning, Emily Dickinson, William C. Bennett, William Allingham and more.
SKILLS FOCUSED ON:
- Identifying theme and message
- Practicing visualization and imagery
- Exploring figurative language and poetic devices
- Strengthening comprehension and analytical thinking
- Developing oral reading fluency
Each poem is provided in a large-format layout ideal for group display or individual close reading. Analysis questions and reflection prompts accompany every poem, and answer keys are included for easy assessment.
POEM OF THE WEEK IS PERFECT FOR:
- mentor texts with focus on poetry
- literacy small groups
- focus poetry skill learning
- test preparation material
- homework
- poem writing practice
- extensions for GT, or accelerated learners
- substitute activities
- and much more!
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Sarah C. –
This was a fun way to learn! The students were engaged.
Lezlie J. –
This resource is perfect for helping my struggling students explain their thoughts in writing.
Thank You!
2nd Grade Dragons –
Fun poems, easy to use, and my students were engaged. A win-win!
Creations by N –
This resource was a great supplement to my district’s poetry unit. It is thorough and well thought out.
Brenda O. –
We are using this resource as we being the poetry unit. It is fun and consistent to help them learn about poetry. Thanks!
Belinda S. –
Perfect for our poetry unit. Good variety of poems.
Shannon E. –
This is my first year using this, but have found it extremely helpful during our poetry unit
kayla M. –
Very engaging! Lots of great ways to incorporate this in the classroom! Can be used to supplement or in centers!
Angie Kennedy –
My students really enjoyed it! Thank you for a great product!
Kevin S. –
I don’t really enjoy teaching poetry and it is a difficult skill for my students to find confidence with. Thanks for creating these activities that made teaching and practicing these skills more tolerable.
FCA F. –
Great resources and passages. Students were engaged.
Mackenzie Barnhart –
A great resource to help introduce students to poems.
Beatrice K. –
Fabulous & engaging resource! Thank you for helping make my life easier!
TPT618 –
Awesome for my 5th grade class—engaging, fun, and the kids absolutely loved using it!
Diana R. –
I enjoy using this to help my students with elements of poetry.
Madeleine G. –
Used to help supplement the poetry unit in our curriculum that is quite advanced and confusing.
Allison Jordet –
I really enjoyed the variety of poems included. I found the answer keys weren’t always clear. For example, the topic and the theme were the same for some poems. The theme should be a lesson learned, not a topic such as trees. Also, it would have been nice if the answer keys included the figurative language found in the poems.
Overall, it was a good resource, but it required some tweaking.
KaSarah M. –
Great resource, my students were very engaged and learned a lot!
Tracey Denney –
I loved adding this resource to our poetry unit. It provided enough information for the students.
Hayle B. –
love the poem of the week idea! great resource to have